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China plans to select next crew members for space station mission

Friday marks International Day of Human Space Flight. So far, a total of 11 taikonauts or Chinese astronauts have gone into s

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Beijing to further open its service sector

Beijing will further open its service industry to the world, Vice Mayor Yin Yong said at the State Council's press release on

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Facebook to use AI to respect the dead

Facebook has said it is working on using artificial intelligence to prevent a common and upsetting problem: receiving notific

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Intercropping streches Hainan rubber farmers' income

Cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine is helping rubber farmers' of Hainan Island cure their economic woes. Facing the

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Oil prices hit five-month highs on OPEC supply cuts, U.S. sanctions

Oil prices rose to their highest levels since November 2018 on Monday, driven up by OPEC's ongoing supply cuts and U.S. sanct

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HK heralds online banking era

Hong Kong has issued online-only banking licenses to three groups, including joint ventures (JVs) of Standard Chartered and B

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Abundant’s apple harvesting robots get their first commercial deployment

We’ve been writing about Abundant Robotics for roughly three years at this point. Now the SRI spin out is finally ready for p

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Hubble Space Telescope captures formation of giant storm on Neptune

The Hubble Space Telescope has for the first time captured how a giant storm on Neptune took shape, giving scientists insight

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Alipay updates anti-fraud functions

Alipay, the country's top mobile payment platform, announced on Tuesday a major anti-fraud upgrade on its application by team

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U.S. crude oil imports, exports up last week: EIA

Both U.S. crude oil imports and exports went up during the week ending Feb. 15, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (E

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Plan offers big prospects for Bay Area

The outline development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will inject new impetus into tech companies i

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Li Ka-shing tops Forbes Hong Kong rich list for 21st year in a row

Business tycoon Li Ka-shing has topped Forbes's Hong Kong rich list once again this year, making him the richest person in th

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Hometowns steal housing thunder from metropolises

Spring Festival has come and gone, and China's property industry is pondering if the real action is in lower-tier cities, awa

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JD.com reports robust Spring Festival holiday sales

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com reported robust sales during the Chinese New Year holiday as consumers upgrade their online s

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Sony boosts profit on tax cut, yen, sales of music, movies

Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony posted a 45 percent surge in its October-December profit thanks to tax cu

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Veteran banker to lead China Securities Regulatory Commission

The chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Yi Huiman, has been appointed head of the China Securities Re

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APD | 2019: Promising year for Vietnam’s labour export

By APD writer Alice **Hanoi, Jan. 26 (APD) ** - 2019 is expected to be a promising year for Vietnam’s labour export as a seri